Dish cover



Feb. 4, '1930. A, KIRMSER l I 1,745,935

DISH COVER I 'Y y A Filed Feb. 15, 1929 v Patented Feb. 4, l

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Application mea February; 13,1929,` i sum1 No. 339,627.:

This invention relates to a device by means Vof which a-dish having food thereon maybe e covered and in addition serveas a support for a seconddish which in its vturn serves'as a closure for the upper end of the cover.

When serving a number .of persons at a ban quet, the foodis served in the kitchen andthe 'plates brought to the table. A waiter. can ordinarily only Icarry a few platesat a time and it sometimes'jhappens that the-food will not be asfhot as itshould be due to the fact that it cools before all for the plates may i Y `rbe placed upon the table.;

Therefore, oneobj ect of the invention is to provide a deviceby the use of which food servedupon "plates mayV be kept warm andl in addition a waiter allowed to carry a relatively" large number of plates having rood thereon without dangerv of dropping ther plates. f'

Another object of the-invention is to provide a device ofthis character which will be i; form of the invention.

simple in its construction but at the sameA timey strong and durable and alsoto so form f the device that it may be easily cleaned.

The inventionis illustrated in the accom? panying draw-ing,.. wherein Figure 1 is a sectional view showing one of the devices applied to a plate and a second plate resting upon the device inclosing rela'- tion to its upper end,

Fig. 2 is a `bottom p-lan View of the irnproved dish cover. v

Fig. 3 is a view similar kto Fig. 1 showing a modied form of the invention, and

- Fig. 4 is a similar view of'another modified The improved dish andy of such diameter that food placed upon a plate 2 may extend upwardly into the body without touching the walls thereof. At its l lower end the walls of the body are formed with an outstanding annular Aiange '3 which extend beneath and are firmly secured to a base or ring 4 of such dimensions that it may -rest upon the margins of a plate,V asshown inv Figure 1. The outer marginal portions of the base 4 are bentupwardly and then down- Y "In Figure 3, there hasvbeenshown amodif/ v cover constitutingthe subject-matter of this invention includes an yannularbody or wall 1 formed of sheet metal wardly, Aas* shown at `5,}and project down'- l wardly belowthe base ring in order to rform adep'ending'flange 6 adapted to fit aboutfthe dish or plate 2 and prevent any dangerof'the cover slipping transversely and sliding out of its proper positionupon the'dishwhen kkapplied thereto.' The upper portions of, the walls `1Vv are roldeddownwardly, as shown at 7,1an'd then ybent Vto form an annular ledge 8 f which 'extends about the walls 1in slightly. spaced relation to the upper end of the body and atits inner periphery terminates in' a y depending-lip 9. The 'distance between the proximately fthe same as the depth of the depending bead 10 Jformed upon a plate with which the device is to be'us'ed and the body 'of such"l diameter lthat the bead may itwithf in the body "and rest upon the ledge vwith the upper portion 'of the bodyenc'ircling the bead and contacting vwiththe under surface ofthe rim ofthe plate-adjacent the bead.`

ledge 8 `and-'theu'pperend 'of thevbodyfisapefv 1.6.5 v

Therefore, after the cover has been' applied v to aV plate, a secondplatemay'be deposited upon the cover yin closing relation to its openglf'lpp erend where it will be well Supportedrnd prevented` from l' Ilf'l'oving transversely' and slipping 'out of place.v By use of; this cover a Y,

number-of dishes may be stacked one *above yanother with covers between them and" a ki waiter may carry a relatively large number of Vplates upon which food has been placed and the food will be kept warm'while at 'the same `i time there will be no 'danger'of the platesor covers slipping.

vfiedform of'dish cover".v In this rform of the4 invention the device is cast 'or otherwise formed as'an'integral structure. yThe bodyv portion which 4is open at top and bottom f Vis provided 4with annular walls 11 which prer-k erablyllare downwardly and merge into an outwardly extending annular -base 12, the

foute'r margins fof which are,thickened,jas rshown at 13,' and' terminate'in a depending-l flange 14 adapted to lit about the 'rim` of'a plate upon which the deviceis placed.y This `rim 14 takes the placeofl the-depending -rim 6 orathe lfrmshown in Figure land-prevents the dev-ice from sliding "transversely/out or 001V its proper position upon the plate. At the upperI end of the body the walls are turned inwardly, as shown at 15, thereby providing the seat or bead adapted to t about the depending bead 10 of a plate disposed upon the body in covering relation to the open upper endl thereof and not Vonly. provide a good support for theV upper Vplate .but also prevent this upper plate from sliding transversely out of its proper position :upon the cover.

In Figure 4, the cover instead of being open at its upper end is closed so that food placed upon a plate may be kept warm even y tions of which ,formi a gutter 21.V This gutter merges intoV the inturned upper ends of the Vwallsl and it shouldbe. noted that the walls extend upwardly above the head 2O so that if a second plate is placed upon the cover it its marginal portion bent upwardly and then downwardly to form a depending ange toV engage about the rim of the plate and prevent the device from having transverse movement upon the plate, said body having its upper portion formed with a portion constituting a seat. Jfor another rplate to be supported upon the body and prevent transverse movement of the supported plate.

In testimony whereof I aiX my signature.

` AUGUST KIRMSER [L. s]

mayrest upon the inturned upper portions of the'walls withits depending annular bead 10 fitting into the gutter. `By this arrangement Y the upperV plate will be well supported and prevented from slipping transversely out of its proper position upon the cover. The cover shown in Figure 4L is therefore, so formed that it may be used merely as a coverfor food served upon a plate and not immediately i eaten or actas a support for another plate .v Y

similarly covered and allow a numberof plates to be carried in stacked formation.

Having thus n `described the invention, I

claim: ,l

. 1. A device of the character described comprising an annular base adapted to rest upon p a plate and having its outer marginal portion bent upwardly and then downwardly to form a depending flange to engage about'the margins of aplate, and anV annular upstanding wall encircled by said base and having its lower Vportion bent to form an outstanding iange secured against the under face' of the base, the upper portion of the wall being folded inwardly and then bent to form an internal annular ledge whereby a plate may rest L upon the wall in covering relation to the upper end of the,V device with a depending annular` bead of the plate encircled by the wal and resting upon said ledge..

` 2. A device of the charaeter'described comy prising abody having an outstandingf-annular Vbase adapted to rest upon a platefand supa i p portthelbody overthe plate, the ybasehaving t a Y 

